Movie Reviews


Sort by:Post Date Name

Altiplano

Reviewed on Jan 28 2011

This is a beautiful film that is about mercury poisoning of the Peruvian mountain people by a Belgian-based mining company. Dozens of people lost their eyesight or got other illnesses. Some died. The movie is done very artistically, with townspeople actually playing parts. Beautiful cinematography of the Andes Mountains. Directors & writers Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth.

...
Read More

Amazing Grace

Reviewed on Mar 20 2007

Amazing Grace is an exceptional film that touches the heart and stirs the emotions for nobility, courage, and faith in trying to right the wrongs of society. It is the story of William Wilberforce, who almost single-handedly fought against slavery in England and helped to abolish slavery in the 19th century, approximately 75 years before the abolition of slavery in the United States.  It shows how truly good men with good purposes are misrepresented by media and ...
Read More

American East

Reviewed on Aug 12 2014

I usually don't like dramatic comedies, but this one worked, because if you do a dramatic comedy you definitely have to be a really good director, and the director was in this case, because life is both dramatic and funny at the same time and people can be very humorous and the same person very dramatic. Good comedy contains both elements, with the exception of the modern profane comedians—who in my estimation are not comedians at all. This film addresses the issues of Arab, Jew, ...
Read More

American Violet

Reviewed on Dec 16 2009

Drama

The true story of Dee Roberts in Hearne, Texas. This is an excellent film of the courage of a young black woman who is accused of drug trafficking, thrown in jail for 21 days, and her reputation destroyed. She loses her job, trying to raise 4 children. Innocent but courageous, she fights back with the help of an ACLU lawyer and overcomes much persecution, threats, and adversity. Thousands of poor blacks are arrested and charged with some form of drug trafficking and are given ...
Read More

Anna and the King

Reviewed on May 13 2004

Anna and the King was a beautiful film of a venture into a culture different from the mainstream even then–Siam, 1862.  The beauty of the monarch was hindered by the fact that he could not do the right thing when the right thing was necessary.  This is why Divine Administration is needed–so those who are ruled do not make wrong decision over the rulers.  A ruler should not be helpless to do the right thing. When that happens, you could have a ...
Read More

Appaloosa

Reviewed on Nov 05 2008

Ed Harris wrote the screenplay and directed this superb western in the trend of Lonesome Dove, with Old West justice. Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris team up as honest gunfighters who become hired guns for a town of businessmen against a dishonest gunfighter with a band of killers. The film has profound lines that a real man would understand and love. Renee Zellweger plays a great sophisticated loose woman of the era, as equally magnificent as her rough, tough lady in Cold Mountain. Jeremy ...
Read More

As It Is In Heaven

Reviewed on Jan 14 2011

Swedish drama

A passionate musician (a violinist), composer, and orchestra conductor comes back to his hometown after succeeding in his career and forms a choir from average people that becomes one of the best. The story has wonderful characters and many emotional and warm parts and also shows the jealousy that exists between those in competition for the hearts and loyalty of the people to other leaders. Many interesting musical lessons and a surprising beautiful and tragic ending. A ...
Read More